Scott Berrier is a senior leader in Booz Allen’s national security business. With deep mission expertise and experience across the U.S. intelligence community, the defense intelligence enterprise, and other national security organizations, Scott sets the direction for business growth and development across a broad spectrum of our federal clients.
Scott’s tactical and strategic understanding of the current threat environment, combined with his skill in leading large, complex organizations through change and transformation, helps our clients gain the decisive advantage for critical missions.
Before joining Booz Allen, Scott retired as a lieutenant general after 40 years of service in the U.S. Army, a career focused on delivery of intelligence to inform situational understanding to U.S. and Department of Defense senior leaders. As director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Scott guided the agency through three major global crises, overhauled the intelligence collection lifecycle, and led large-scale organizational transformation focused on the pacing threat and positioning the agency for strategic competition.
In addition to his post at the DIA, Scott led the Army intelligence enterprise through a complex period of modernization and transformation, standing up organizations to address protecting Army modernization and intellectual property in the increasingly dangerous intelligence landscape. Scott’s direct mission experience includes leading combatant command and sub-unified command intelligence teams and serving as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence.
Scott was recently awarded the Order of Australia for his work integrating the Five Eyes, an international intelligence alliance, into the defense intelligence enterprise. In 2023, he was honored with a Wash100 Award for his leadership at DIA.
He holds a B.S. in history from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, an M.S. in general studies from Central Michigan University, and an M.S. in strategic studies from the United States Army War College.
